Daily Plastic: Transsiberian

Movie	Our Take	Other Takes
Transsiberian Trailer . IMDB	But just when the movie should focus on characters and relationships, it takes a right turn into plot. And an ugly, barbaric plot it is, which is surprising. J. Robert Parks Daily Plastic	Transsiberian eventually reveals itself to be scatterbrained thematically, with any larger concerns... relegated to the background of straightforward thriller maneuverings. Nick Schager Slant Magazine or is it A twist-filled story that could be fodder for thrillers of many stripes [but Anderson] connects it to a stark, isolating, beautiful backdrop that makes it seem particular and fresh. Scott Tobias Onion AV Club or ... familiar tropes: innocents abroad, ominous glowering foreigners, conspiracy and duplicity, erotic intrigue. Until it fizzles in an anticlimactic train crash, it is extremely entertaining. Stephen Holden New York Times Anderson and co-writer Will Conroy take your basic American-tourists-in-trouble plot, ripped pretty much straight from Hitchcock's notebooks, and drizzle it lightly with the random sadism and fear of Hostel. Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com

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